STP Configuration Advice

[Network_Enginee]

Good day all! Could someone help me translate the following Cisco (2960) STP config lines into STP lines that I'd need to put on an Extreme X440 that I'm replacing the Cisco 2960 with?

spanning-tree mode pvst
spanning-tree extend system-id
spanning-tree vlan 1 priority 28672

Currently we have two Ciscos and two HPs blade switches in this STP topology. One of the Cisco's is the root with priority of 24576. So the I'm replacing the secondary/28672 Cisco switch with the Extreme X440. The HP blade switches have a priority of 32768.

Also, in my research/reading, I read a few times (might be legacy articles) that PVST is a Cisco thing that Extreme might not be able to do. Possibly old articles I found? All VLANs in all switches are default VLAN 1.

Thanks all!

Garry

[Dave_Hammers]

For EXOS 21.1, check out https://github.com/extremenetworks/EXOS_Apps/tree/master/EZ_SpanningTree

[Marcus_Florido]

The GTAC support is outstanding. Follow their advice first. Failing that, I'd move to MSTP. In the Cisco world, every time you create a VLAN, you create a spanning tree instance to go with it even though you may only have one physical topology. Any implementation of PVST is inefficient at best. On the last job I had, we were integrating a large Cisco network with a smaller multiple-vendor network. MSTP was our answer. Although MSTP will require more configuration (try using NetSight), the industry standard implementation of spanning tree will work with all platforms. Good luck.

Marcus

[StephenW]

Cisco's implementation of PVST+ on the native vlan or vlan1 is still proprietary. Extreme Networks support PVST+ on any other Cisco vlans as they follow the 802.1q standard being a trunked vlan. If you moved the native vlan traffic to a trunked vlan it would work. I wish I had a better answer, sorry...

-Stephen

[Network_Enginee]

I replied to your TAC case Kevin. I've had great luck using the Hub and hoping to here as well.

Simply need these 3 Cisco STP lines converted to Extreme XOS (15.5.4.2) STP lines:

spanning-tree mode pvst
spanning-tree extend system-id
spanning-tree vlan 1 priority 28672

As I mentioned to Stephen, we're using the default untagged VLANs on the X440. No L3 stuff, just very simple/very basic out-of-the box config on the X440. All I've added was some SNMP stuff for monitoring and slapped on IP on the default VLAN for administration. Now just need some help with the STP lines and I'm ready to hopefully rack and use it in lieu of the Cisco 2960 (eventually replace both 2960s).

Thanks again!